Flower Show Symposiums
2012
February 12-14, 2012…………………….San Diego, CA,
Local Registrar: Shane Looper, 650-871-0172,
Instructors: Design - Gina Jogan, Topic "Traditional versus Creative Designs", Allied Topic "Judging Comments" Horticulture - Tina Tuttle, Topics "Variegated Floiage Plants and Bromeliads", Allied Topic "Plants of the Bible the Holy Land"
March 11-13, 2012………………………………..Gainesville, FL,
Local Registrar: Barbara McGhee, 352-572-4832
Instructors: Design - Gina Jogan, Topic: "Panel versus Transparency Designs"
Horticulture - Marie Harrison, Topic "Patterned Foliage"
Allied Topic - Rick Schoellhorn "Plants for North Florida"
Allied Topic - Tina Tuttle "Mis-Nomenclature"
March 27-28, 2012 .....................Wilsonville, OR
Local Registrar: Georgia Zahar, Tel: 541-686-8397
Instructors: Design - Gina Jogan, Topic "From the Ground Up -Creative Mass and Floor Designs". Allied Topic - "New Design Innovations"
Horticulture: Sandra Joyce, Topic "Moon Gardening and Orchids" Allied Topic- "Troughs"
April 10-12, 2012............. East Windsor, NJ
Local Registrar: Jane Bersch, Tel: 609-654-6580
Instructors: Design - Bobbi Heenan, Topic "Creative Design", Allied Topic "Ourside The Box.”
Horticulture - Sandra Joyce, Topics "Sansevieria" and "Moon Gardening",Allied Topic "Judges Comments"
May 1-2, 2012…….., McComb, MS
Local Registrar: Susan Gibbes, Tel: 601-276-9551
Instructors: Design - Char Mutschler, Topic "Creative Designs", Allied Topic "Exploring Creativity"
Horticulture - David Robson, Topics "Hosta and Cut Ferns", Allied Topic "So You Think You Know the Handbook?"
May 3-4, 2012 .........Columbia, SC
Local Registrar: Jerry Weise, 843-884-8998
Instructors: Design - Barbara May, Topic "A View From Within", Allied Topic "Viva La Difference"
Horticulture - Marie Harrison, Topics "Philodendron and Aglaonema", Allied Topic "Bracts and Other Plant Bling-Bling"
July 15-17, 2012......... Athens, GA
Local Registrar: Sally Holcombe, Tel: 770-436-9883
Instructors: Design - Lynn Fronk, Topic "Movers and Shakers", Allied Topic "Innovative Backgrounds"
Horticulture - Marie Harrison, Topics "Bromeliads and Euphorbia", Allied Topic "What's in a Name?"
July 19-20, 2012...........Canton, OH
Local Registrar: Deanna Stearns, Tel: 330-526-6054
Instructors: Design - Judy Monnot, Topic "Tactile Tactics", Allied Topic "Taking a Spin of the Color Wheel"
Horticulture - David Robson, Topic s "Hydrangea and Coleus", Allied Topic "So You Think You Know The Handbook?"
August 15-16, 2012..........Birmingham, AL,
Local Registrar: Sybil Ingram, Tel: 205-733-9536
Instructors: Design - Claudia Chopp, Topics"Luminary and Abstract Creative Designs", Allied Topic "Design Techniques"
Horticulture - Marie Harrison, Topics "Bromeliad and Salvia", Allied Topics "Bracts and Other Plant Bling-Bling"
August 13-15, 2012 ..........Fishkill, NY
Local registrar: Lucy Volland, 716-833-0494
Instructors: Design - Julia Clevett, Topic "Driven to Abstraction", Allied Topic "The Broad Picture"
Horticulture - Dorthy Yard, Topics "Fruits, Vegetables, Collections/Displays", Allied Topic "So What did the Judges Say?".
August 21-22, 2012...........Kalamazoo, MI
Local Registrar: Lynn Dinvald, Tel: 269-343-3827;
Instructors: Design - Charlene Mutchler, Topics "Multi-Rhythmic and Reflective Designs". Allied Topic "Armature" Horticulture - David Robson, Topics "Collections and Displays, Ferns". Allied Topic "Toolbox 101"
October 15-17, 2012........... Providence, RI,
Local Registrar: Vicki Iannuccillo, Tel: 401-253-4535
Instructors: Design - Barbara May, Topic "For Your Dining Pleasure - Tables" Allied Topic "Viva La Difference" Horticulture - David Robson, Topics "Collections and Displays and Orchids", Allied Topic "So You Think You Know the Handbook?"
October 21-23, 2012.........San Antonio, TX
Local Registrar: Dee Saunders, Tel: 210-656-4629
Instructors: Design - Char Mutschler, Topic "Design Up"
Horticulture - Gay Austin, Topics "Succulents and House Plants", Allied Topic "Tony Todecwco, 'What's New in Design"
June 12-13, 2013..................Columbia, MO
Local Registrar: Carole Van Vranken, Tel: 573-635-5017
Instructors: Design - Gina Jogan, Topic "Table Modes and Types", Allied Topic "Innovative Staging"/
Horticulture - Tina Tuttle, Topic "Variegated Foliage", Allied Topic "Mis-Nomenclature"
For more information about a symposium near you, contact the chairman listed or NGC Chairman,
Jean Ohlmann.